MOSLEMS AND SIKHS

Evening Star, Issue 22087, 22 July 1935, Page 7

MOSLEMS AND SIKHS

RIOTING AT LAHORE TROOPS FIRE ON MOB Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LAHORE, July 20. Royal Scots were forced to fire on a huge crowd of Moslem rioters, killing two and wounding others, as a climax to a day and night mob defiance arising from a Sikh attempt to demolish a disused Moslem mosque situated in the grounds of the Sikh shrine. The mob resisted the police baton charges, smashed the prison vans, and threatened to overwhelm the police under cover of a barrage. of brickbats, when the troops were called;out, while Royal Air Force planes circled overhead. TEN DEATHS LAHORE, July 20. Ten are believed to have been killed and many injured when .the Royal Scots fired four rounds. The casualties are uncertain, as the rioters carried off their dead, but three were later found dead. Fifty police, including five British, were injured by stone-throw-ing. The Indian cavalry charged, and were met by a barrage of brickbats. One cavalryman was thrown ‘from his horse into a • drain, where he was trampled to death by the terrified animal. The crowd are still menacing despite the curfew. They refuse to leave the streets, which armoured cars are patrolling. TROOPS COMPELLED TO FIRE AGAIN LAHORE, July 21. (Received July 22, at 10 a.m.) The Moslem crowd did not disperse throughout the night. It increased in the morning and became violent, throwing stones. The troops fired six rounds, four people being killed. POLICE STATION BESIEGED LAHORE, July* 21. (Received July 32, at 11.45 a.m.) The mob is still besieging the police station and the Royal Scots are facing volleys of brickbats and stones. They fired three times at the Moslem rioters, killing several.